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South Asian oral history archive goes online
(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique collection of hundreds of interviews with people who witnessed Indian independence and the final days of the British Raj is being put online.
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Ayurveda, 'far east' of the current health culture boom
For the first time, a seminal scripture of Ayurveda – the most ancient and important system of medicine in India – is being textually analysed and historically explored piece by piece through the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 30, 2011 |
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Crowdsourcing Science History: NIST digital archives seeks help in identifying mystery artifacts
Do you hold the key to solving some gadget mysteries from the last century of U.S. science and technology? In its 110 years, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made many innovations ...
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Heavy drinking associated with increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer
Heavy alcohol consumption, specifically three or more glasses of liquor a day, is associated with an increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer, according to a report in the March 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Past medical testing on humans revealed
(AP) -- Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, ...
Feb 27, 2011 |
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Home movies chronicling end of Empire released online
(PhysOrg.com) -- A collection of almost 300 films which offer a unique glimpse of life in India and other parts of South Asia during the final days of the British Empire has been released online.
Mar 04, 2010 |
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Adopting low-risk dietary and lifestyle factors related to lower incidence of high blood pressure
Adherence to modifiable lifestyle and dietary factors including maintaining normal weight, daily vigorous exercise, eating a diet high in fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products and low in sodium and taking a folic acid ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Clotting in veins close to skin may be associated with more dangerous deep-vein blood clots
About one-fourth of patients with superficial vein thrombosis—clotting in blood vessels close to the skin—also may have the life-threatening condition deep vein thrombosis, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of ...
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Jul 20, 2009 |
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Wordless Holocaust memories speak truths for today
The Holocaust has shaped discourse on collective, social and cultural memory, serving both as touchstone and paradigm, according to a study published this month in the journal Memory Studies, published by SAGE.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 11, 2009 |
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Family history associated with increased risk of blood clots
Children and siblings of those with venous thrombosis, or blood clots in the veins, appear to have more than double the risk of developing the condition than those without a family history, according to a report in the March ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Keeping African artifacts in Africa
It is common for professional archaeologists and paleoanthropologists working in Africa to populate western museums with foreign artifacts by excavating and permanently removing them from history rich communities in Africa. ...
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Apr 07, 2008 |
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